Hello All,
Please see below. If you are a trail runner who enjoys running single track trails, especially the Loch Raven watershed trails, please drop a short note saying as much to Paul Kovalcik [ pakoval@yahoo.com ]. He will print out copies of the emails and take them to the Department of Public Works meetings where the issue of closing single track trails to the general public is being discussed.
> From: Linder, Jennifer <Jennifer.Linder@tetratech.com
> Subject: FW: opinion from loch raven runners
> To: "jim@baltimorerunning.com" <jim@baltimorerunning.com>
> Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 4:54 PM
> Hi Jim~
>
> I hope you are doing well! I stopped by to get some
> shoes recently but you weren't in that day. Please see
> below...could you please distribute to the running
> list? The Baltimore Dept of Public Works is revising
> the usage plan for the Loch Raven watershed, and will
> potentially close the single track trails to all
> users. Hopefully some of the trail runners can write a
> letter to show support for using the trails. Thanks!
>
> Jennifer Pitt Linder
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Kovalcik [mailto:pakoval@yahoo.com]
>
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 6:25 PM
> To: Linder, Jennifer; Charlie@gutierrezstudios.com
> Subject: opinion from loch raven runners
>
> You two are the only other peope I know who might run at
> loch raven beside myself and my wife so I thought I would
> send this to you first.
>
> In our last meeting with DPW, one of their staff argued at
> least a few times that mountain bikers are the only user
> group that feels that they need to have the single track
> "experience". All other user groups are content with
> staying on the woods roads (fire roads).
>
> I disagree. I know that I like to run on a loop and
> prefer when the loop is on mostly narrow trail.
>
> How do you feel about this? And if you have the time,
> please forward this email to your RUNNING friends and have
> them respond to me (be nice in your response). Its
> probably going to come up in the next meeting and I want to
> have a small stack of responses to give DPW. Even if
> this is an unscientific survey.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
4 comments:
By the way, you can always CC Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on your message as well. If she gets enough crap about this, I'm sure she'll step in and give some input. Her email is mayor@baltimorecity.gov .
Collin, I think this is the first post of yours I have actually read all the way through. Good work. Now, everyone else, do it. Mmmkthanks.
wow, this is crazy. This does seem like a case of major douchebaggery. I'll send an email, but I guarantee i will continue to use the trails, no matter what some silly sign says. Just like the bikers do now.
In recent years, we've been running a lot at Patapsco, but I use to run many miles on the trails at Loch Raven. It's ridiculous to suggest that a serious runner could stick to the "fire roads" and have a reasonable running experience at Loch Raven. On the other hand, if you get on the "single track" trails, it can be a great place to run. I also would ignore it if they did implement this rule, and if they ever arrested me (first they'd have to catch me), they would get a lot more publicity than they ever wanted. If they want to remove the law prohibiting bikers, I would be okay with that, but not with implementing a rule to prohibit runners. I also will write an email to Paul and to the mayor.
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